Audretsch, David B.; Dohse, Dirk; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2008
period 1998-2005. Departing from the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship, the focus of our analysis is on the role … of the regional environment and, in particular, knowledge and cultural diversity. Our main hypothesis is that both …, knowledge and diversity, have a positive impact on new firm formation. As the determinants of regional firm birth rates might …